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 ==Vocabulary I==
+===利益===
+Gains, benefits. Compare with 「利潤」：profit from sales (narrower definition).
+===娶===
+To take a woman in marriage/to make them your wife.
+Compare with 嫁, to marry a husband.
+===打敗===
+Usage: 「X 打敗了 Y」 “X defeated Y"
+Compare with 打輸 (to lose): 「Y 打輸了」 "Y lost"
 ==Vocabulary II==
+===遷移===
+Often: 「往X遷移」："to migrate towards X"
 ==Grammar Notes==
+===I. 到底 after all? how on earth?===
+Usage:
+# Clarify unclear situation
+# Meaning "finally", after expecting something to happen (negative implication that it took too long)
+到底 must come before any question words (eg. 誰, 哪裡, etc.)
+===II. 甚至 even===
+Or, "to go so far as..."
+===III. 這麼說 that being the case, in that case===
+Pattern is 這麼說 + some consequence or interpretation of the previous speaker's statement
+===IV. 跟B有關的A A is related to B===
+Example:「跟網購糾紛有關的新聞」 "news related to online shopping disputes"
+===V. 不得不 have no choice but to===
+Used when talking about a last resort, no other choice but to...
+===VI. 以及 as well as===
+A flexible conjunction that connects nouns or sentences.
 =Chapter 12=